COMMERCIAL.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 697, 25 February 1933, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

Quotations on Stock Exchange. CHRISTCHURCH. Sales on ’Change. N.Z. Government 4J p.c. Inscr., 1938, £95 10s. N.Z. Government 4£ p.c. Bonds, 1938, £95 15s. N.Z. Govt. Bonds, 4* p.c., 1939, £99 15s. N.Z. Government 6£ p.c. Inscr., Sept., 1937, £99 15s. National Bank of New Zealand, £3 7s. United Building Society, 15s. British Tobacco, 33s 7d. Moturoa Oil, 5s 2d. Gillespie’s Beach, Is sd. King Solomon, 2s 2d. Mahakipawa, 2£d. Waitahu, 4s Bd. Freshford, Is 4d. Sales Reported. Westport-Stockton Coal, 8 p.c., 1934, £3O. Number of Shares. £SOO N.Z. Govt 4£ p.c. Inscr, £1938. £SOO N.Z. Govt. 4£ p.c. Bonds, 1938. £SOO N.Z. Govt. 4£ p.c. Bonds, 1939. £3OO N.Z. Govt. 5£ p.c. Inscr, Sept., 1937. £250 Westport-Stockton Coal, 8 p.c., 1934. 50 National Bank of New Zealand. 120 United Building Society. 100 British Tobacco. 100 Moturoa Oil. 500 Gillespie’s Beach. 300 King Solomon. 500 Mahakipawa. 100 Waitahu. 300 Freshford. Following are to-day’s quotations:

Unlisted Stocks. All transactions in stocks quoted in this stection are subject to double rate of brokerage, and are not quote on the official list:—

OTHER EXCHANGES. DUNEDIN, February 25. Sales reported—Bank of New Zealand, 42s 6d (two parcels); Nokomai, 5s lid, 6s; Blackwater, 21s 6d; Union Steamship Co., 20s 6d. On ’Change: New Zealand Refrigerating (cont.), 3s 4d. MINING HEWS. INVERCARGILL, January 24. The wash-up at the King Solomon mine for the week totalled 760 z.

POULTRY MARKET. G. H. Bradford, Ltd., poultry and egg merchants, 118, Tuam Street, report that thye have had excellent yardlngs of poultry both in numbers and quality; all lots mets with ready sales and advanced prices for good boiling liens, pullets, ducklings and big table chicken. We have inquiries for White Leghorn and Black Orpington pullets, anr pigeons, also turkeys in any qualities, and sellers can depend on getting good prices. The following prices were realised:—Table chicken, light 3s to 5s 6d, heavies 6s 6d to 10s 6d; hens, white Leghorns, etc., 2s 3d to 4s; heavies, Black Orpingtons, Rhode Islands, etc., 3s 6d to 5s Od; ducks, old 2s 6d to ss; Ducklings, 5s to 7s; geese, 4s to 5s 6d; goslings, is to 7s; turkey hens, 9s to 11s; gobblers, 18s to 265, all at per pair. GOLD. (Received February 25, 12.30 p.m.) The price of gold is £6 Is lOd per fine ounce. LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS. The Bank of N’aw Zealand has received the following advice from its London office as at the close of business this Frozen meat—The market is short of supplies of wether mutton and prices are nominal. Ewes are in short supply. The reduction in prices has improved the demand for lambs; no indication of an advance in values ytet. Quotations are: Wethers, light 43d to 5d per lb, heavy 3Jd to 4sd; ewes, 2sd to 33d; lambs, 2’s sid to 6d, B's 5d to 5Jd, 4’s 43d to sd, seconds 54d to sid. BUTTER PRICES HIGHER. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., Christchurch, have received the following cable from their London office, dated February 24: Butter price are 3s pter cwt higher, and coloured cheese 2s per cwt higher. New Zealand butter is now 77s to 78s. Coloured cheese is now 49s to 50s. PARS, Light Sedan, Wanted. Cash.

Buyers. £ s. d. Sellers. £ s. d. N.Z. GOVT. STOCK45 p.c. Inscr, 1938 95 10 0 95 15 0 4i p.c. Inscr, 1939 95 10 0 4J p.c. Bonds, 1938 95 12 45 p.c. Bonds, 1939 5i p.c. Bonds, 1933 55 p.c. Inscr, Feb, 9 b 12 6 9G 5 0 S3 0 ° JJ lo U 9S 5£ p.c. Bonds, Feb, 97 98 10 5J p.c. Inscr, Sept, 100 5£ p.c. Bonds, Sept, 100 OTHER DEBENTURES New Brighton Borough 6 p.c., 100 Pleasant Point 5£ p.c., 1948 \ Dunedin City 5£ 97 100 North Canterbury Electric 6 p.c., 8 u U U 98 Westport-Stockton 8 p.c., 1934 15 0 0 BANKS— Comm, of Aust. . . Comm of Aust. 0 14 6 0 14 7 (pref.) 7 18 6 Comm, of Sydney 15 10 0 0 E., S. and A National of Aus4 8 6 4 9 6 tralasia (£10 12 12 r National of Australasia (£5 5 13 f o National of N.Z. . New South Wales 3 8 0 (cum div.) 28 10 New Zealand .... 2 Union of Aust. ., 7 7 0 7 12 0

INSURANCE— New Zealand .... South British 2 19 0 LOAN AND AGENCY Ch ch BuildingSociety Dalgety and Co. . 7 Goldsbrough Mort Mutual Benefit . . N.Z. Guarantee 7 10 0 Corporation United Building 0 5 3 0 6 0 Society 0 15 15 SHIPPING— Huddart Parker (cum div.) 1 10 Huddart Parker (pref, cum div.) P. and O. De0 19 0 ferred Stock . . Union (pref.) FROZEN MEAT— 1 0 0 Canterbury (ord.) Canterbury (pref) 4 Gear N.Z. Refrigerating (£1 paid) .... N.Z. Refrigerating 1 7 10 0 1 8 10 6 U (10s paid) .... North Canterbury 0 3 2 0 3 4 Freezing .... COAL— 0 1 6 0 4 0 Westport (pref.) . 0 0 11 0 2 0 Christchurch Christchurch (10s (paid) BREWERIES— 0 11 4 0 11 8 New Zealand .... Staples Timaru (7s 6d pd) Tooheys Tooths 1 2 4 1 3 0 1 1 0 14 0 6 1 1 1 14 0 0 10

MISCELLANEOUS Allied Motors . . Australian Glass . 2 0 Amalgamated Wireless (cont.) Australasian Paper and Pulp .... 1 10 6 1 11 9 British Tobacco . . 13 9 Consolidated Brick Colonial Sugar ... 53 D.I.C. (pref.) 19 Dominion Fertiliser Dunlop Rubber . Electrolytic Zinc 0 17 3 0 .17 6 (ord.) 0 16 0 0 17 0 (pref/) Glenmone Brick 1 7 11 1 8 * and Tile Gordon and Gotch Herald and Weekly 1 11 6 1 15 0 Times Howard Smith 2 15 0 Kauri Timber .. 0 10 0 0 Moturoa Oil .... 0 Mount Eyell .... 1 0 2 N.Z. Drug Co. . . N.Z. Farmers’ Co2 16 6 op. 4 J p.c. Stk., 1940 42 0 0 44 0 0 N.Z. Farmers’ Fertiliser 0 13 0 0 15 0 Taranaki Oil .... Wliitcombe and 0 2 5 0 2 11 Tombs 16 0 Wilson’s Cement . Woolworth’s (N.Z.) 1 9 0 1 9 9 (pref.) 1 10 0 1 14 0 MINING— Alexander (cont. cum div.) .... 0 12 0 0 14 6 Big River ...... 0 0 11 0 1 0 Blaekwater .... 1 1 0 1 3 Consolidated .... 0 9 3 0 9 10 Gillespie’s Beach . 0 1 0 1 Golden Dawn 3 8i 0 3 10 Golden Point .... 0 0 3 0 0 3J Golden Sands 0 11 0 3 0 Lawson’s Flat . . 0 0 X* 0 0 King Solomon 0 2 0 2 Mahakipawa .... 0 2 Mahakipawa (pref.) 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 11 0 6 1 Okarito (cum div.) 0 9 3 0 9 0 30 0 Waili i Waihi Grand 1 1 7 1 2 3 Junction .... 0 5% 0 3 7 Waitahu 0 4 Freshford 0 1 4 0 1 41

Charleston Sluicing (3d paid) .. 0 0 8 0 0 lli National Tobacco . 3 10 0 N.Z. Perpetual Forests 1 19 3 1 19 11 Shotover Reefs . 0 5 0 Snowy River Sluicing .... 040 Strand Pitt Street Property .... 030